Describe how language serves to shape our experience of reality. Identify six basic qualities that characterize effective business writing. Identify and explain the rhetorical elements and cognate strategies that contribute to good writing.

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Discussion Essay

  1. Define communication and describe communication as a process.
  2. Identify and describe the eight essential components of communication.
  3. Identify and describe two models of communication.
  4. Discuss and provide two examples of each of the two main responsibilities of a business communicator Describe the factors that contribute to self-concept.
  5. Describe how the self-fulfilling prophecy works
  6. Describe the factors that contribute to self-concept.
  7. Describe how the self-fulfilling prophecy works
  8. What is the Johari Window?
  9. Explain how communication skills help you solve problems, learn new things, and build your career
  10. Explain the importance of becoming an active listener and reader.
  11. What are the four elements of emotional intelligence?
  12. Identify and describe five key principles of verbal communication.
  13. Explain how the rules of syntax, semantics, and context govern language.
  14. Describe how language serves to shape our experience of reality.
  15. Identify six basic qualities that characterize effective business writing.
  16. Identify and explain the rhetorical elements and cognate strategies that contribute to good writing
  17. Describe and identify three styles of writing.
  18. Demonstrate the appropriate use of colloquial, casual, and formal writing in at least one document of each style.

What clear messages do you see? What audiences is the institution trying to reach? How has technology affected the way this organization presents itself?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Search online and find a website for an organization that has a campaign promoting a core issue that interests you (for example: The Red Cross and need for blood donations. NOTE: You may not use the example assignment just named here.).

Start your essay with a short overview of the organization and the issue (just a few lines) and then consider the topics we have covered in this week’s readings and discuss how they are reflected in what you see on this website.

What clear messages do you see?

What audiences is the institution trying to reach?

How has technology affected the way this organization presents itself?

Consider issues of Media Ethics and how they are represented or manifested in the website. Draw on examples offered on that website to support your observations. Specifically consider the content of 21st Century Communication: A Reference Handbook: Chapter 77: “Theories and Effects of Public Relations,” under the section “Assumptions and Lay Theories.” Which of these theories does the content of your chosen site most closely align with? Why? Explain your answer.

Define communication and describe communication as a process. Identify and describe the eight essential components of communication. Identify and describe two models of communication.

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Discussion Essay

  1. Define communication and describe communication as a process.
  2. Identify and describe the eight essential components of communication.
  3. Identify and describe two models of communication.
  4. Discuss and provide two examples of each of the two main responsibilities of a business communicator Describe the factors that contribute to self-concept.
  5. Describe how the self-fulfilling prophecy works
  6. Describe the factors that contribute to self-concept.
  7. Describe how the self-fulfilling prophecy works
  8. What is the Johari Window?
  9. Explain how communication skills help you solve problems, learn new things, and build your career
  10. Explain the importance of becoming an active listener and reader.
  11. What are the four elements of emotional intelligence?
  12. Identify and describe five key principles of verbal communication.
  13. Explain how the rules of syntax, semantics, and context govern language.
  14. Describe how language serves to shape our experience of reality.
  15. Identify six basic qualities that characterize effective business writing.
  16. Identify and explain the rhetorical elements and cognate strategies that contribute to good writing
  17. Describe and identify three styles of writing.
  18. Demonstrate the appropriate use of colloquial, casual, and formal writing in at least one document of each style.

Write 6-8 double-spaced pages on any topic in the field of legal analysis or conflict resolution. Discuss a topic that we’ve covered this semester that you’d like to delve into more deeply or a topic that we haven’t discussed this semester.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Your final research paper assignment is to write 6-8 double-spaced pages on any topic in the field of legal analysis or conflict resolution. Your research paper could discuss a topic that we’ve covered this semester that you’d like to delve into more deeply (e.g., the effect of gender on negotiation performance) or a topic that we haven’t discussed this semester (e.g., recent U.S. Supreme Court cases related to arbitration). The purpose of this assignment is for you to find a topic that you’re genuinely interested in learning more about, and then locating source materials – books, articles, newspaper pieces, etc. – so that you can truly gain a comprehensive understanding of the topic.

Papers must be Times, size 12, normal (1’’) margins. Absolutely no late papers will be accepted or graded. If you do not submit your final paper by this deadline, you will automatically receive a ZERO for this assignment. Do not submit papers with typos, emoticons, or incorrect grammar. Write a paper that’s interesting and engaging – that teaches the reader something about dispute resolution.
You will be evaluated based on the depth of your research; the quality of your writing and presentation; and your mastery of the topic. Include a bibliography showing what you have read and cited. Quote directly from sources, where appropriate. See if you can identify the most important thinkers/scholars/writers in your particular area. Generally speaking, almost any area has four or five academic “leaders” who have written extensively on the subject.

What is a “good topic”? You’ll know it when you see it. An interesting research topic might be, for example, “The Use of Arbitration in Baseball.” A “bad topic” is often a subject that is either too broad (e.g., “Negotiation”) or too narrow (e.g., “The Negotiation of the Lease Between Party A and Party B in November 1999”). You want to ensure that there will be enough scholarly material to draw upon. Feel free to ask me whether your topic sounds like a “good” one.

Explore how various sectors of society view the relationship between social media and social anxiety. For example, how the healthcare, the government, the media, and the education sectors see such relationship.

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The Correlation between Social Anxiety and Social Media: A Multi-sectional Analysis

Explore how various sectors of society view the relationship between social media and social anxiety. For example, how the healthcare, the government, the media, and the education sectors see such relationship.

Analyze the communication of a co-culture (a culture within a larger culture) in which you are a part.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

For this assignment you will analyze the communication of a co-culture (a culture within a larger culture) in which you are a part. We are all a part of some co-culture. You will write this analysis as satire like you will read in the Nacirema (American backwards) reading. (See the link for this assignment) This reading is intended to show how anthropoligists have a hard time seeing things from outside of their perspective and showing how this perspective can influence how we understand cultures in ways that might not be how the members of the culture understand themselves.

With respect to the anthropological approach you are required to identify three key communication behaviors of the co-culture. Like the Nacirema culture. reading, we want you to pick behaviors that can help us get an introduction to common communication practices within the co-culture. Notice the real value of the Nacerima reading is that it presents the observances in detail so that we can get a real sense of what it is describing. We want you to do the same thing with respect to communication within the co-culture. Notice how I keep saying communication.

Your essay must be at least 1200 words. What this means is you are going to have to spend some time with each communication behavior. We want depth of analysis and discussion. Really think about how you can elaborate regarding the communication behavior. This might mean including different examples of talk to support your claim or discussing sub-categories within a larger category (for example, a larger category of insults and then sub-categories of different types of insults.) The choice is up to you what you do.

Drawing on relevant contemporary examples examine how social media have been used for contesting issues of social/political/cultural significance in two different cultural contexts.

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Online social media are agonistic arenas where information, ideas, values, and subjectivities are contested between (often uneven) adversaries’ (Rahimi, 2011, p. 158). Drawing on relevant contemporary examples examine how social media have been used for contesting issues of social/political/cultural significance in two different cultural contexts. Must include an analysis of cancel culture, memes, and state power. Provide a clear thesis to answer the question. You should include the two articles that I attached here. Thank you.

Full reference: Rahimi, B. (2011) The Agonistic Social Media: Cyberspace in the Formation of Dissent and Consolidation of State Power in Postelection Iran, The Communication Review, 14:3, 158-178.

Assess what the company did to embrace social media marketing. Compare what the company did via social media with what the competition did.

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Maersk social media

Overview: This milestone will help you complete critical elements I, II, and III of Final Project II, which focuses on Maersk Line’s highly successful social media marketing campaign.
Prompt: To complete this assignment, analyze the Maersk case study for the critical elements below, and then compose a paper that addresses the questions and concepts. Be sure to review and reference the module resources, which were chosen specifically to support the course content and assignments, when writing this paper.

Specifically, you must address the following critical elements:
I. Innovation
A. Assess what the company did to embrace social media marketing.
B. Compare what the company did via social media with what the competition did.

II. Strategy
A. Analyze how the company used different strategies for different platforms.
B. Distinguish the types of content shared on the different platforms.

III. Engagement
A. Appraise the company’s social media community and their engagement in it. Compare and contrast the company’s use of each platform.
B. Characterize the motivations of the different users and groups.
C. Differentiate the perceived benefits and risks of the engagement.
D. Assess how engagement contributed to the brand.

In a 2-3 page essay, provide an analysis on how the political economy of capitalism is aiding or hindering efforts at full democracy in the United States.

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Democracy in the United States

In a 2-3 page essay, provide an analysis on how the political economy of capitalism is aiding or hindering efforts at full democracy in the United States. This analysis should identify the ways the economic system has affected the lives of Americans and the institutions and instruments of democracy at citizens’ disposal. Students’ analysis should put forth a persuasive argument with a cogent thesis and clear supporting details sustained by existing scholarship and/or empirical data.

Demonstrates creative and original thought. Provides reasons for a perspective—e.g. if it is agreeing or disagreeing with the assessment, it explains why.

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COM220- Discussion Post #10: Communication Theories classmates response

A substantive response to your peer does the following…
Advances the discussion of a topic—says something new
Demonstrates creative and original thought.
Provides reasons for a perspective—e.g. if it is agreeing or disagreeing with the assessment, it explains why.
Cites evidence (e.g., from the text, lecture, personal experience)
Is courteous (e.g., demonstrates respectful disagreement)
Is professional (you do not need to be excessively formal, but avoid spelling and grammar errors)

Classmate #1 (Margaret Litwin)

The clip shows an interesting perspective on uncertainty reduction theory. It’s clear that the applicant feels out of place at the pre-interview, and while she expresses her intelligence and quick learning style, she quickly self-sabotages and runs off. Assuming she wants to learn more about her potential boss, the position and the overall situation, she seeked information passively through observation first. Then, when she learned that the boss is on her way, she actively tries to gather information through the assistant, a third party. Finally, she directly gathers information through interactive strategy and hedging by saying that her own style sense “depends on who you are asking,” and gauges the response. She is motivated to reduce uncertainty in the unfamiliar and turbulent environment by knowing that she could be hired and expected to understand the Runway culture, which is incentive value. Additionally, if hired, she would expect a future interaction with the assistant and the boss. When she sees everyone hurrying to clean up the area for the boss’s entrance, that is a deviation, which her confused fcace shows she is taking careful observations to understand. I think this clip is an extreme, but pertinent example of the uncertainty reduction theory.

I believe that people use uncertainty to their advantage on the Internet. As children, we were taught stranger danger online and how to protect our anonymity. I remember classmates sharing how they protected people from becoming certain of their identities: fake names, fake jobs, no birthdays or hometowns listed. This is something that everyone just accepts. The situation where I see this most now is dating apps. People’s intentions are very well hidden. When I’ve used dating apps, I always want to reduce the uncertainty and figure out “what someone is looking for.” This is related to one of the axioms that communication, reducing uncertainty and increasing liking are all related. After all, I’m on a dating app to find real dates, with the goal being that there is little to no uncertainty in the long run. For an individual with a troubled dating past, uncertainty is desirable in this situation. They can create their profile without including those details, leaving someone to ask about them down the line. Uncertainty about relationship status can also be desired if someone wants to cheat through a dating app. Presenting as single and keeping up that guise, unfortunately many people get away with cheating and decieving both parties for several months.

The private information, originally between the four kids in the video was the existence of the Mighty Mutants Super Kids Club. At the beginning, the kids took an oath and decided to not tell anyone of its creation, and everyone agreed to a nasty punishment or sanction of eating toenails if they shared with anyone else. Michelle, thinking she can trust her dad and gain something (money) from him, tells him, permeating the bubble of trust. She may decide to do that because she feels like she has control over the information, or that she has a strong connection with him. In other words, we see from the clip that she can’t not tell him. From that point, her dad is a fifth co-owner of the information. The other three children feel violated by him knowing, creation tension in the relationship and turbulence. It results in the children kicking Michelle out of the club, and Michelle expressing dismay in her dad. This could be corrected, according to the lecture, by the kids being more explicit in their oath. What does the word “secret” mean to them? In the case of additional recipients, they had no terms written out. The children also failed to keep their sanctions, as ridiculous as they were, instead harming the friendship.

I coincedentally wrote about online environments in a previous question about uncertainty and I think a lot can be applied here. I personally manage my personal information by creating a fake persona for anywhere I post. I have the same handle on Twitter, Instagram, etc. but I eliminate traces to my real name. For me, this includes using different profile photos so people cannot reverse image search my face, and not sharing which school I go to. For example, I only made a vague reference to the College Football Playoffs online today, not saying Alabama or the #5 rank by name. I believe that we should strive to maintain privacy on the Internet as much as we do face to face. However, because people can hide behind equally fake personas with potentially bad intentions, we must try to have as much control as possible. I have only told five Internet friends my real name. Even with that trust and our terms for keeping that information private, we still take precautions such as not following each other on personal Instagrams, which can be tracked by anyone seeking that information. Additionally, we must be very careful with what information we give to websites, as we do not know who the recipients are or their motives.

Classmate #2 (Courtney Davis)

Uncertianty Reduction Theory

1. In this clip of Devil Wears Prada, the incentive value factor is what motivates the applicant to reduce uncertainty because she desires this job. The applicatn uses interactive strategies because it is an interview and talking face to face is the most effecient way to conduct and interview. She is attempting to show her qualification for this job hoping in result to get to know the type of the interviewer.

2. A darker, but very real situation, where someone would wish to maintain their level of uncertainty would be someone wishing to kidnap another. A kidnapper would try to keep their victim unknowing of their true intentions as much as possible.

Communication Privacy Management Theory

3. The private information was that Michelle was apart of the Mighty Mutant Super Kids Club. They managed them by a threat saying if you told anyone you have to eat toenails.This secret has thick boundary permeability because the club established no one but the members should know about it. Even though the boundary was so thick Michelle broke it because she trusted her father and she needed something from him and he wouldn’t give it too her unless she told him the secret. I think boundary turbulence can be restored if Michelle is tell her father another secret and he is able to keep it this time.

4. Yes CPM does still apply in the online enviroment and you can manage your information online by having strong passwords and not posting all of your private information online. Once your private information is put out into the online world it may be hard to reclaim it and say it was private because unfortunatly it is not private anymore.